Schumacher will have no influence on decision
Kimi Raikkonen has countered near-overwhelming speculation that his pen has now sealed his switch to Ferrari in 2007.
After Finnish, Spanish and German sources concurred this week that the McLaren Mercedes driver is sure to leave Woking based squad at the end of the year after signing a contract, a sound-bite reportedly attributed to the taciturn Finn has now cropped up in the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper.

"I`m not a Ferrari driver - not yet," Raikkonen said.

More vehemently, however, he also denied gossip that where he ends up will depend on Michael Schumacher`s mid-year decision about his own career at Ferrari.

"What Schumacher does has no influence on my future," Raikkonen added.

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